Technology Changes By the Minute, But Is that a Good Thing?

The cartoon here provides us with a great deal to think about.  What precisely does the ever-accelerating rate of change in our world actually translate to in terms of the survivability of our civilization?

Society’s great minds constantly caution us about the need for wisdom and decency to keep pace with the growth in our capacity to blow things up.

Some are optimistic that this can occur.  Others, e.g., American musician, composer,  and songwriter Tom Waits are less so.  He says: ‘We Are Monkeys With Money and Guns.’